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US 2004/0202385 A1Published application
Image retrieval
AssigneeArcSoft, Inc.
InventorsMin Cheng, Wei Xiong, Lingxiang Zhou
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Abstract
A method for searching an image database includes capturing an image of a photograph and a background, determining a boundary of the photograph in the image, cropping the photograph from the image, correcting the perspective of the photograph, compensating colors of the photograph, and matching the photograph with an image in the image database.
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A method for searching an image database, comprising:
- capturing a first image of a photograph and a background using an image input device;
- determining a boundary of the photograph from the background in the first image;
- cropping the photograph from the first image;
- and
- matching the photograph with a second image in the image database.
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